Scores Poisoned in Iraq Gas Leak

At least 150 people in Sadr City are poisoned by chlorine gas after an accidental explosion at a Baghdad water plant. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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... at least one hundred and fifty people in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of saunter city have been poisoned ... after chlorine tank at the city's water plant exploded ... a technician at the plant said the accident happened when a truck was routinely filling a tank next to the chlorine ... the incident took place in linking him with other employees claimed to help with the available resources to get the situation under control ... you ... got it ... the ... the explosion released a cloud of chlorine gas across other city ... those affected have been taken to local hospitals ... no deaths have been reported in the city of three million ... which lies east of the Tigris River in the Iraqi capital ... Travis Sprecher ... Reuters ...